Blair P. Houghton wrote in message .. .
F t B wrote:
People can live in denial all they want, but it's clear that farmed salmon
is an infirior product to wild on all accounts.

We've been through this. No, it is not.

Wild salmon has pathogens too, but the salmon-fascists
won't tell you that.

I've compared the two side-by-side, and whether it's due to
the original product or the distribution and processing,
the wild salmon was not as good as the farmed salmon for
texture and flavor. It had *more* flavor, but it was a
less pleasant flavor.

This is in Arizona. I don't doubt if you could get the
fish at the docks in the Northwest you'd be better off
doing that, because it'll be fresher and less damaged,
and because even the best will be cheaper for not having
any transportation costs to cover.

But the rest of the world doesn't live in the Northwest.

--Blair
"It was 78F and golfy here today."


I live in the northeast part of Massachusetts, far outside of Boston.
I make my own sushi 'cause it can get rather expensive eating out all
the time. My point is this. I have a number of good fish markets that
I frequent, and a know more than a few supermarket seafood dept
managers. From what these people tell me, it's all a crap shoot. You
can get just as sick off of frozen imported salmon. Personally I have
little problem eating the farm raised salmon. The stuff I get comes
out of Maine, on ice. I have 3 places I usually buy it, one being a
supermarket. I have little concern for freshness, there is a large
local asian community here. Most days the whole case gets replenished
2 -3 times.
And 9 times out of 10, I can get a damn fine fillet off one in the
icebox, not one that has been sitting in the case for even a few
hours. Sounds like a good case for sashimi.

Lately, the price has been hovering about 5 to 6$ Lb., skin on. Not
bad at all, considering skinless "loin cuts" at the different markets
are 3 dollars a lb. more. And then they cut off most of the belly
meat!!! These days I eat more salmon than tuna because I can get it
that fresh and that cheap. Wild salmon (when I can get it) is usually
7- 10 bucks a Lb. More often than not, it's frozen.

That being said, I am trying not to be ignorant about this whole
topic. It sounds to me like a lobbyist supported ****ing contest. What
are they trying to do scare us? I have a greater chance of dying from
secondhand ciggy smoke. And I don't smoke to begin with. I think it's
a bit strange actually. The whole point behind salmon farming was to
conserve wild stocks. Correct me if I am wrong, but those wild stocks
were/are overfished to the point where the fishery is unsustainable.
If the wild stocks are gone, then what are we left with?